| First Author | Tong ZB | Year | 2000 |
| Journal | Nat Genet | Volume | 26 |
| Issue | 3 | Pages | 267-8 |
| PubMed ID | 11062459 | Mgi Jnum | J:65518 |
| Mgi Id | MGI:1926689 | Doi | 10.1038/81547 |
| Citation | Tong ZB, et al. (2000) Mater, a maternal effect gene required for early embryonic development in mice. Nat Genet 26(3):267-8 |
| abstractText | Maternal effect genes produce mRNA or proteins that accumulate in the egg during oogenesis. We show here that Mater, a mouse oocyte protein dependent on the maternal genome, is essential for embryonic development beyond the two-cell stage. Females lacking the maternal effect gene Mater are sterile. Null males are fertile. |
